NY Times article reports on two types of medications that contribute to health problems in addition to helping the problems they are supposed to treat. How does our healthcare system contribute to the challenge of medications harming patients while helping them? What kinds of changes in our medication approval system should there be to accommodate for this? Should it be ok that some medications have harmful side effects?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Paradox of Meds
NY Times article reports on two types of medications that contribute to health problems in addition to helping the problems they are supposed to treat. How does our healthcare system contribute to the challenge of medications harming patients while helping them? What kinds of changes in our medication approval system should there be to accommodate for this? Should it be ok that some medications have harmful side effects?
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